SkyWest reports January performance

SkyWest has reported a 0.6% increase to 2.94 billion in available seat miles (ASMs) for January 2015, compared to 2.92 billion in ASMs for January 2014.

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) rose 0.5% to 2.28 billion for January 2015 from 2.29 billion in RPMs for January 2014. Load factor decreased to 77.5% in January 2015 compared to 78.3% in January 2014.

The St. George, Utah-based company also reported 103,295 in departures for January 2015, compared to 106,296 for January 2014, or a 2.8 percent decrease. It reported 4,292,893 in passenger boardings for January 2015, compared to 4,285,233 in passenger boardings for January 2014, or a 0.2 percent increase.

SkyWest is the holding company for two scheduled passenger airline operations – SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines.